This file was last updated on 20190605 by Philip Espinola Coombs

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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This readme describes the RevisedScaffolding collection of files:

	1. RevisedScaffolding_ScaffoldedCompetencies.csv

The instrument itself: the modified version of Sapp Nelson's Competency Matrix for Data Management Skills.

	2. RevisedScaffolding_References.csv

References cited in the modified version of Sapp Nelson's Competency Matrix for Data Management Skills.


These individual CSVs are also provided within a single XLSX file, named RevisedScaffolding.xlsx


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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: RevisedScaffolding_ScaffoldedCompetencies.csv

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Variable		Description

Competency Area		Group of skills
Domain			Scope of data management
High-level objective	Broad learning objective
Level			Level of complexity
Learning objective	Statement which defines the expected goal
Identifier		String of alphanumeric characters which identify the learning objective
	
Identifiers
	
	Example: MET-P-1-B	
	
	Identifiers are composed of:
	
	MET 	Three letter code corresponding to the competency area (Metadata)
	P	Letter corresponding to the domain (Personal)
	1	Number corresponding to the high-level objective
	B	Letter corresponding to the level (Basic)
	
Levels	

	Levels correspond to those in Bloom's revised taxonomy of the cognitive domain 		(2001): https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/

	Basic (B)		1. Remember and 2. Understand
	Working (W)		3. Apply and 4. Analyze
	Accomplished (A)	5. Evaluate and 6. Create
	
Domains	

	Domain = Scope of data management

	Personal (P)	
	Team (T)	
	Enterprise (E)	


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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: RevisedScaffolding_References.csv

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References 1-43 are unchanged from the original Matrix: 

Nelson, M. S. (2016). Scaffolding for data management skills: From undergraduate education through postgraduate training and beyond. Purdue University Research Repository. doi:10.4231/R7QJ7F9R

References 44-46 were added. While we used the same variable names as Sapp Nelson, we can only speak to the accuracy of references 44-46. The variable descriptions reflect how we understood them as we added references 44-46.

Variable			Description

Reference Number		Referred by the learning objectives in RevisedScaffolding_ScaffoldedCompetencies.csv
Author				Primary creator(s) of work
Publication Title		Title of work
Publication Source		Source of work, such as website or journal
Permanent Identifier/URL	Permanent Identifier or URL of the work
Publication Volume/Issue	Appears to show volume as leftmost number, issue as 2nd, if appropriate
Publication Date		Date the work was published or last updated